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TIL South Park aired an episode titled “Band in China”… which resulted in them being banned in China.

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vPmXB TIL that the first 3D printer was developed in 1971 by Johannes F Gottwald and patented under the name 'the Liquid Metal Recorder'.
eGyk TIL to honor the Breaking Bad series finale in 2013, an Albuquerque mental health clinic gave away two 12-week scholarships to their “Breaking Addiction” program to addicts unable to afford treatment. Applicants had to write personal stories about their struggles with addiction.
4X6gN TIL of Wisdom—the world’s oldest albatross who reunited with the man who first tagged her in 1956. Having spent 40 years apart, Chandler Robbins picked her up by chance among a colony of more than 250,000 nests and discovered she’d also become the oldest albatross to ever give birth to a chick.
EPEw TIL that self-mummification (a process called Sokushunbutsu) was practiced by Japanese Shugendō monks as the ultimate act of self denial. This ritual lasted around nine years, six of which the monk would be alive for.
Br9rD TIL that the legendary space probes Voyager I und II are monitored and controlled mainly via homeoffice PCs by 8 people